Unlike humans, the griffin's spirit world is purer and more straightforward.

Standing on the top of the snow-capped mountain in the soul space, Todd looked at the two big and three small ones soaring in the sky, and sighed softly with a complicated expression.

The two older figures are naturally the griffin couple, and the three little griffons are their unborn children.

With his spouse, with all his children, flying in the sky at will is all that this griffon's soul is.

This wish, so simple, yet so beautiful.

Unable to disturb its thoughts, Todd avoided attracting the griffon's attention and set out to find other entry points to connect himself with the griffon's soul.

Since the completion of the mutation of his body, Todd has found that the abilities in his body have evolved like a qualitative change.

Among them, "Soul Link", as the most mysterious and strange ability of all abilities, has many unexpected enhancements after mutation and evolution. For example, the unfolding of the spirit world can be maintained for a longer time without fatigue, and for example, the caller to enter the spirit world no longer needs to obtain the permission of the other party, but can be forced to enter.

In the griffin's soul space, Todd discovers a new ability enhancement. When confronted with a weak and well-meaning creature with simple thoughts, the soul link can peer into the other person's memories to find an entry point for the link.

For example, this griffon, Todd's upgraded soul link ability can directly read the memory, find out the opponent's mental weak points, and directly establish a link between the two.

Moreover, compared to humans, griffons are not too protective of their memories. At the same time, they don't seem to remember all the memories of the past one by one, and only a few of the most important fragments are preserved in the depths of the soul, which greatly reduces the difficulty of Todd's connection.

As Todd made the connection, he spied on the griffin's deepest memory.

The skyrocketing fires burned the forest, and black smoke obscured the entire sky. Humans leading hounds, armed with nets, spears, crossbows, and swords, surrounded a flock of wounded griffins, cursing and roaring filled the space.

The main character of the memory, the male griffin, in this memory, is nothing more than a frightened young bird hiding under its mother's wing. Watching the same kind fall one after another, his parents gave him a chance to escape with his life.

These images and sounds, in its soul, have left indelible blood and fire.

The forest was burning, loved ones and enemies were gone, and only the young griffons remained, kneeling on the ground and wailing.

Todd, as a bystander, walked into this memory.

He walked up to the young griffon, and the latter, caught off guard, saw him appear, kicked his limbs on the ground, and stepped back as he screamed.

Todd knelt on one knee, metallic scales slowly grew on the surface of his body, and his palms changed into the appearance of monster iron claws, and the appearance and smell brought by the mutation made the griffin slowly calm down.

Carefully reaching out his hands and taking the griffin into his arms, Todd gently stroked the top of the other's head, muttering something in his mouth.

Soon, the griffin closed its eyes, turned into a beam of light, and flew into Todd's body.

The first soul link with the non-human race, complete.

Todd, who had withdrawn from the spirit world, looked at the male griffon opposite.

In the other party's eyes, he saw gratitude, and even a trace of dependence.

"You're in tears......"

Rachel walked over to Todd's side and spoke softly.

Touching his cheeks, the moist touch made Todd show a look of surprise and confusion.

In his memory, Todd has always been optimistic and sunny since he traveled to this other world, whether it was a snow cabin when he first arrived, or when he fell to the bottom of the sea in despair.

But when confronted with what people see as a "stupid creature", Todd shows sadness and vulnerability for the first time.

After a long time, Todd, whose tears had not dried, looked sideways at Richel and said with a forced smile: "Sometimes, I really don't understand, what is a human being?"

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The summit of the snow-capped mountain three days later.

Reicelle, who was meticulous in her work, once again counted the supplies she needed to carry, checked the chair cover tied to the griffin again, and was busy for a long time before finally nodding and saying, "No problem, you can go." ”

Todd looked at the male griffon, who was snuggling with his mate, and when he heard her words, he suddenly said, "Now that I think about it, I don't think I have named them yet." ”

Meredith, who was standing aside, widened his eyes and said incredulously, "You want to give these monsters ...... Name?!"

Ignoring her questioning, Todd said to himself, "The male one, I'm going to call him Henry, and the female one, you can call her Sonia." ”

Meredith fiddled with her crow feathers and rolled her eyes as she glanced at Richel.

Todd walked up to Henry the Griffon and scratched his neck, who let out a low cry of enjoyment and rubbed his head against the former's face.

Meredith's tone was a little surprised: "These monsters in the Shadow Realm have always been hostile and defensive towards humans, but you can be so close to it. ”

Todd gestured to Rachel, rolled over and mounted on the griffin's back, adjusted his sitting position, and said to Meredith, "They are not the crazy monsters of the world, if you can understand them, you will find that they will be your best friends." ”

Meredith nodded noncommittally, smiled and looked at Todd again, "When are you going to come back?"

Holding Richer and letting her sit in front of her, she pulled up the reins on the back of her chair and said with a smile, "Trust me, soon." ”

Meredith opened her mouth, trying to say something more. But after some thought, she finally gave up her words.

Just as Todd was about to give the password to take off, a brown figure flew over the mountain stream and above everyone's heads.

As he waited for the figure to land on the snow, Todd looked intently at the manticore, a manticore-like lion he knew all too well, with an amber-like "stone" in its mouth, and slowly walked in front of him.

Taking the "stone" from the manticore's mouth and waiting for the other to fade away, Todd flipped over and took a closer look at the strange thing.

On the surface, this "stone" has a transparent texture of amber, and when you touch it with your hands, it looks like metal for three parts and rubber for seven parts.

Put it under your nose and smell it, just like the "ambergris" in the whale's body, there is actually a strong fragrance.

Todd lifted the Amber Stone and looked into the sunlight, the viscous black substance flowing inside made him chill and his pupils shrunk.

A deep, muffled voice rang in his ears.

"Half-human...... One small step you have taken has given me some hope...... It's your reward and it's your key...... With proper use, you can discover the essence of the species......

"Remember, I'll always be watching you......

Todd was found holding the Amber Stone, sitting on the back of the griffin, and had not spoken or moved for a long time. Rachel whispered to him, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Todd looked at the object in his hand and said in an unusually deep voice, "I think we've found the Tyrant." ”